JonnyBGoode:They ID'd the two passengers with fake IDs as two Iranian men from Qatar. http://www.kfiam640.com/articles/national-news-104668/mystery-malaysi a -passengers-ided-12143585?cmp=obinsite But I'm sure they weren't up to anything nefarious, right? That would be profiling, right?

So one theory on these threads are that the North Koreans hijacked the 777 for nefarious purposes. An airplane produced since 1993 and has 1,178 units produced so far according to Wiki. An airplane that is Boeing's best seller and is probably operated by every other airline on the planet.

A plane so rare they couldn't possibly get it second hand through black market sources in Africa, Russia, India or some other place. Or FFS buy it from through their Chinese friends.

SirEattonHogg:So one theory on these threads are that the North Koreans hijacked the 777 for nefarious purposes. An airplane produced since 1993 and has 1,178 units produced so far according to Wiki. An airplane that is Boeing's best seller and is probably operated by every other airline on the planet.

A plane so rare they couldn't possibly get it second hand through black market sources in Africa, Russia, India or some other place. Or FFS buy it from through their Chinese friends.

What's the next stupid theory, folks?

Fox News is already assuming it's terrorism and are currently theorizing who is responsible.

Egalitarian:James Bond theories aside, I wonder if there was a sudden loss of pressure in the cockpit, the pilots passed out and died, and the plane kept on going over ocean water until it ran out of fuel.

JonnyBGoode:They ID'd the two passengers with fake IDs as two Iranian men from Qatar. http://www.kfiam640.com/articles/national-news-104668/mystery-malaysi a -passengers-ided-12143585?cmp=obinsite But I'm sure they weren't up to anything nefarious, right? That would be profiling, right?

This was settled earlier in the week. They were booked all the way through to Europe, they had paid something like $10,000 for the fake IDs, their friends said they were going to seek asylum.

JonnyBGoode:They ID'd the two passengers with fake IDs as two Iranian men from Qatar. http://www.kfiam640.com/articles/national-news-104668/mystery-malaysi a -passengers-ided-12143585?cmp=obinsite But I'm sure they weren't up to anything nefarious, right? That would be profiling, right?

I really don't see why two Iranians would take down some random Chinese flight from Malaysia. It's much more likely they were just the typical users of forged passports: illegal immigrants.

SirEattonHogg:So one theory on these threads are that the North Koreans hijacked the 777 for nefarious purposes. An airplane produced since 1993 and has 1,178 units produced so far according to Wiki. An airplane that is Boeing's best seller and is probably operated by every other airline on the planet.

A plane so rare they couldn't possibly get it second hand through black market sources in Africa, Russia, India or some other place. Or FFS buy it from through their Chinese friends.

What's the next stupid theory, folks?

rynthetyn:ontariolightning: Mrtraveler01: rynthetyn: In any case, the news conference with the Malaysian PM is imminent.

Well Fox News had their terror expert on who asked that "Is the distance between where the plane was and East Africa or Arabia possible?" and then just a few seconds later showed a map that indicated that it wasn't possible.

rkiller1:Perhaps it hasn't yet pushed back from the gate? Did anyone think to look there?

How come, in every thread about this, everyone acts they're the first one to come up with this joke? It was stupid the first time someone posted it, and it hasn't gotten any less stupid the next 50 times people posted it.

Malaysian press conference just said they believe with a high degree of certainty that the communication systems were turned off intentionally. Also stating that satellite data indicates deliberate movements after it changed course.

Mrtraveler01:Egalitarian: James Bond theories aside, I wonder if there was a sudden loss of pressure in the cockpit, the pilots passed out and died, and the plane kept on going over ocean water until it ran out of fuel.

I'm starting to think that's a possibility. Although it doesn't explain why the transponder quit working.

MrTraveler01: Fox News is already assuming it's terrorism and are currently theorizing who is responsible.

My theory is 14K Triad gang members hijacked the plane for parts and "white slavery". Crash landing it in isolated North Sentinel Island by cutting a deal with the local natives to hand over the fattest passengers for a feast and some various colorful beads. With the rest of the passengers being sold off as slaves to FoxConn for assembling Apple Ipads or to the ship breaking yards in Chittagong, Bangladesh. A few of the good looking female passengers are now sex slaves in various Dongguan karaoke lounges.

They are just saying hijacking because they don't want the world to think they're loons. What they REALLY believe is that the plane was taken over by spirits and dragged to a phantom dimension, where the passengers now have to find a way home while surviving the challenges coming from hungry ghosts, strange new animals, and lusty fellow survivors.

GreenSun:They are just saying hijacking because they don't want the world to think they're loons. What they REALLY believe is that the plane was taken over by spirits and dragged to a phantom dimension, where the passengers now have to find a way home while surviving the challenges coming from hungry ghosts, strange new animals, and lusty fellow survivors.

calbert: Mrtraveler01:Egalitarian: James Bond theories aside, I wonder if there was a sudden loss of pressure in the cockpit, the pilots passed out and died, and the plane kept on going over ocean water until it ran out of fuel.

I'm starting to think that's a possibility. Although it doesn't explain why the transponder quit working.

yeah, that theory hasbut it just doesn't have enough fantasy elements to it.

I keep hearing that depressurization theory, but after the Helios Airline accident, didn't the plane makers put in some kind of warning system if that happened?

propasaurus:Fox News is already assuming it's terrorism and are currently theorizing who is responsible trying to figure out how to pin it on Obama.

Why are you even joking about this? Did you hear the flight recording? Dude got on the intercom and told everyone that "Change has come...to your flight path." Then it probably crashed into the ocean because he wasted all the fuel, because that's what liberals do. They waste resources.

You just have to wonder how many times Taxbongo is going to get impeached for this.

Is there a good reason a commercial aircraft should be able to turn off its transponder while in flight? It seems to me that an aircraft should be broadcasting its position as long as its engines are running.

The Malaysian government and/or military knows way more than they're saying.

So they're saying that the last satellite information was at 8:17am Malaysia time, it could have gone a long way with that. As in, they're looking over Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan according the the claymation dude.

rynthetyn:So they're saying that the last satellite information was at 8:17am Malaysia time, it could have gone a long way with that. As in, they're looking over Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan according the the claymation dude.

It didn't have enough fuel. It was just heading in that direction. It's probably in the middle of the Indian Ocean somewhere.

God-is-a-Taco:What I mean is: why the Chinese? What's their motivation? I thought Syria was the place to seek entry to paradise from these days.

Well if I wanted to steal an airplane, I wouldn't worry about who it belonged do, I'd worry about how easy it would be to get. Stealing one over an ocean with no radar sounds lots easier than stealing one over Ohio.

Mrtraveler01:rynthetyn: So they're saying that the last satellite information was at 8:17am Malaysia time, it could have gone a long way with that. As in, they're looking over Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan according the the claymation dude.

It didn't have enough fuel. It was just heading in that direction. It's probably in the middle of the Indian Ocean somewhere.

Yeah, it only had about 8 hrs' worth of fuel because it was planning on refueling in China.

Confabulat:God-is-a-Taco: What I mean is: why the Chinese? What's their motivation? I thought Syria was the place to seek entry to paradise from these days.

Well if I wanted to steal an airplane, I wouldn't worry about who it belonged do, I'd worry about how easy it would be to get. Stealing one over an ocean with no radar sounds lots easier than stealing one over Ohio.

Confabulat:God-is-a-Taco: What I mean is: why the Chinese? What's their motivation? I thought Syria was the place to seek entry to paradise from these days.

Well if I wanted to steal an airplane, I wouldn't worry about who it belonged do, I'd worry about how easy it would be to get. Stealing one over an ocean with no radar sounds lots easier than stealing one over Ohio.

True enough.I guess you'd have to figure out if his mom in Germany was legitimately expecting him to arrive or not.

Yeah, the raid on the pilot's house yesterday coincided with the whole hijacking angle gaining steam. They claimed it was routine, but I don't buy that. If the unnamed official from a couple of hours ago is correct that the plane was clearly being flown by a skilled pilot after communcations were turned off, and that they knew where to fly to avoid radar detection, then it was being flown by someone who was skilled and knew the region well enough to know how to duck the radar. That puts the two guys already in the cockpit as the primary suspects.

Yeah, the raid on the pilot's house yesterday coincided with the whole hijacking angle gaining steam. They claimed it was routine, but I don't buy that. If the unnamed official from a couple of hours ago is correct that the plane was clearly being flown by a skilled pilot after communcations were turned off, and that they knew where to fly to avoid radar detection, then it was being flown by someone who was skilled and knew the region well enough to know how to duck the radar. That puts the two guys already in the cockpit as the primary suspects.

I agree.

I know people are going to look at the Iranians with the fake passports again but I doubt they were skilled enough to know how to shut the transponders off as well as which flight paths to take. Even the 9/11 attackers weren't that skilled which makes me doubt that those guys could be more skillful than that.

Mrtraveler01:rynthetyn: So they're saying that the last satellite information was at 8:17am Malaysia time, it could have gone a long way with that. As in, they're looking over Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan according the the claymation dude.

It didn't have enough fuel. It was just heading in that direction. It's probably in the middle of the Indian Ocean somewhere.

Just saying what they said at the press conference--that the last satellite contact was over 7 hours after they lost radar and that the northern corridor they think it could be in stretches as far as the border between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.